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| Painting by A.N. Mironov - Courtesy of Wikipedia |
O Memoriale Mortis Domini is an extract of the well known hymn written in honour of the Blessed Sacrament: Adoro Te Devote, by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). It is sung at Vespers (Evening Prayer) on Holy Thursday.
Motet by Palestrina (1524 - 1594)
O MEMORIALE MORTIS DOMINI
1. O memoriale mortis Domini!
panis vivus, vitam praestans homini!
praesta meae menti de te vivere
et te illi semper dulce sapere.
2. Pie pellicane, Iesu Domine,
me immundum munda tuo sanguine;
cuius una stilla salvum facere
totum mundum quit ab omni scelere.
3. Te cum revelata cernam facie,
visu tandem laetus tuae gloriae;
Patri, tibi laudes et Spiritui,
dicam beatorum iunctus coetui. Amen.
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